quote:Originally posted by ItalFord:quote:Having a warning light to let you know the pump is not pumpng seems like it would be nice to have?
That's what the temp gauge is for. If its hot something is wrong. Best not to over complicate the issue.
In this situation with a novice mechanic, verify that the gauge is actually what the temp is.
Verify that the cap is actually sealing and holding pressure. If it isn't the system WILL "boil over" at about 215F.
Do you even know how to do that? You MUST pressure test the CAP and the entire system. You NEED the pressure test kit in order to do that.
Just because you may have changed the cap doesn't mean 1) it is the correct one 2) it is actually sealing against it's seat on the tank. The Pantera takes a european stile long cap.
A 18 year old selling you parts out of a book is not going to pick up on that. The cap is not necessarily a universal cap. Many US caps will not seal against the seat in the pressure tank.
The Pantera pressure tank is special and unique to the car. It is in no way universal to anything. Don't look at me like I have four eyes if you don't know what I am talking about?
This is not a big learning curve but you are not going to learn it any other place but here.
On the pump, first you need to verify that the belt is connected and tight but actually even before that you need to verify that the water pump pulley is bolted to the pump drive flange?
There are too many paramaters here that you are looking at and have no idea what you are looking at.
The engine just didn't just self destruct itself out of now where. There is something unusual but still strange that you are looking right at but are not seeing.